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| By Rob McCurdy
CentralOhio.com

With no Big Ten basketball title on the line, Ohio State has to find other ways to make its case. Like it did in January against Michigan, that means beating another Top 5 team.

"We need wins now - immediately," Buckeyes junior guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. said. "I don't want to say we need losses. We never need a loss, but obviously it happens and we try to limit that as much as possible. ...